'Accessible' Leaving Cert history exam will have left some students 'bitterly disappointed'

'Accessible' Leaving Cert history exam will have left some students 'bitterly disappointed'

Many students will have been surprised not to see questions on Charles Stewart Parnell or the Montgomery Bus Boycott appear on the higher-level paper, according to teacher and Studyclix subject spokesman Jamie Dockery. Picture: Andy Gibson

Students who were hoping to see Charles Stewart Parnell or the Montgomery Bus Boycott appear on this year’s Leaving Cert history will be “bitterly disappointed” with an otherwise accessible exam.

The Leaving Cert 2025 exams continued on Wednesday afternoon with history.

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